The following Community Standards are the shared values of the orkut.com community. orkut.com is a place where users can express their own beliefs and values, and our Community Standards help foster a positive environment in which to do so. The standards are a living document and will change based on the needs of the broad community and the available tools, so we encourage users to review them frequently. We take the orkut.com Community Standards seriously and ask you to respect them. As orkut.com members, you have certain responsibilities to yourselves and to each other.

The following guidelines are intended to protect orkut.com members' privacy, legal rights and overall user experience. Note that these guidelines are not intended to replace the actual Terms of Service for orkut.com

Potential Community Standards violations should be reported using the "Report Abuse" button on either the community or profile page. If we determine that the reported content is illegal or violates our policies, we may immediately remove it.

Account Restrictions

While we encourage users to take full advantage of their accounts on orkut.com to share ideas freely with one another, we have limitations on certain account content and behavior. Users’ accounts are subject to the following restrictions. Violation of any of these restrictions may result in the suspension or termination of an account:

User Identity
Since orkut.com is meant to foster open interactions between real people, we require users to meet basic identity standards. Accounts should only be created by the person being depicted, and all users must be alive and at least 18 years old.

Profile Content
An account should not upload, transmit or contain (in the profile, testimonials, scrapbook entries, etc.) material, such as child pornography, which violates real-world laws. These users will be immediately terminated when we become aware of such content, and we will report instances of child pornography to the appropriate authorities.

Additionally, images displayed on orkut.com should not contain nudity, sexually graphic material, or material that is otherwise deemed explicit by the orkut team.

An account should not upload, transmit or contain material that is hateful or offensive based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, or sexual orientation.

An account should not contain direct threats of violence against any living person, nor may it promote any dangerous and illegal activity.

Account Behavior
Accounts should not be used for commercial purposes unless separately agreed to by contract with Google. orkut.com is for personal use only.

An account should not be created by automated means or be used by an automated system to perform actions such as: creating new accounts; sending scraps, messages, testimonials or invitations; or creating communities. We may remove accounts found to be engaged in this type of activity. Similarly, an account which affects the general stability and/or integrity of the system may be suspended or terminated.

Finally, we believe that users are accountable for the company they keep. An orkut.com account should not be used to invite another account with the purpose of violating these Community Standards. If the orkut.com team determines this takes place, we may suspend or terminate both accounts.

Community Restrictions

While we encourage users to take advantage of communities on orkut.com to share ideas freely with one another, we have limitations on certain community content and behavior. Communities are subject to the following restrictions. Violation of any of these restrictions may result in the termination of a community:

Community Content
Needless to say, a community should not contain material, such as child pornography or pedophilia, which violates real-world laws.

Additionally, images displayed on orkut.com should not contain nudity, sexually graphic material, or material that is otherwise deemed explicit by the orkut team.

A community should not display material, or be used for activity, that is hateful or offensive based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, or sexual orientation.

A community should not contain direct threats of violence against any living person, nor should it promote any dangerous and illegal activity.

Community Behavior
Communities should not be used for commercial purposes unless separately agreed to by contract with Google. orkut.com is for personal use only.

A community which affects the general stability and/or integrity of the system may be suspended or terminated until the issue can be addressed.

Other orkut.com Policies

Terms of Service
Image Upload Policy
Copyrighted Material Policy
Privacy Policy